Thousands of commuters struggled to get to work in the Indian capital, Delhi, on Wednesday as a transport crisis forced thousands of buses of the roads.

Half the city's fleet of more than 12,000 buses lay grounded under a Supreme Court order which banned the use of polluting diesel-run buses.

On Tuesday, the Indian Government failed at a high-level meeting to find a way out of the crisis and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit will now meet federal Petroleum Minister Ram Naik to find a resolution to the problem.

Ministers said the Delhi government has to find a solution

Schools, which had been closed this week to ease congestion, reopened on Wednesday to add to the transport woes.